Francis BaconGreat art is always a way of concentrating, reinventing what is called fact, what we know of our existence- a reconcentration… tearing away the veils, the attitudes people acquire of their time and earlier time. Really good artists tear down those veils
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I am not a big fan of the word “reconcentration”, but I understand what it is trying to say. It is about taking away the masks people wear, the attitudes they acquire of their time and earlier time. Really good artists tear down those veils. They don’t hide behind them; they move forward with an open mind and an open heart, trying to imagine new worlds through art.
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